Lisa Schumann keeps legion rolling along
Sitting in her corner office at American Legion Post 28, Lisa Schumann is at the center of it all.
The events coordinator/manager knows the answer to just about any question regarding the facility, and if she doesn’t, she knows where to find the right information.
“Any event that happens here at the post runs through my office,” said Schumann, a petite but tough-as-nails blonde who runs a tight ship.
Maybe it has something to do with being the youngest of four siblings, with three big brothers. Schumann jokes that her mom kept having babies until she had a girl to take care of everything.
Growing up in Pottstown, Pa., the young Lisa Missimer graduated from Potts Grove High School, and became a volunteer firefighter and paramedic in Boyertown, where she worked for 20 years.
She migrated south in 1997 after her parents decided to retire in Georgetown and then were regrettably diagnosed with cancer.
“That brought me down here to take care of them,” she said.
She built an addition onto their home to be available as their full-time caregiver. When her father passed in 2010, she made him a promise that she has kept.
“I promised my dad on his deathbed that I would take care of my mother, and that’s what I’m doing,” she said. “It’s hard, but I’m her caregiver 100%, on top of working here.”
Schumann said she wasn’t particularly looking for a job at the legion when a friend’s father – the legion commander at the time – asked her to be the assistant bar manager.
“I said I’ve never done anything like that, and he said you’ll pick it up easy,” she said.
That was nine years ago, and she’s been with the legion ever since.
Only a few months into her job as assistant bar manager, the leadership team realized they needed someone to handle the ongoing events at the facility. They knew just who to ask.
“Once again, I told them I’ve never done anything like this, but I took the position and ran with it,” she said.
Schumann books all the legion events – memorials, parties, weddings, and everything in between. The calendar is already stacked with events through 2025.
Three months ago, she was asked to be the assistant bar manager again, which she readily accepted. “It went full circle again somehow,” she chuckled.
But she wouldn’t change a thing.
“Without the veterans, we wouldn’t have what we have today. Every day I come in here and work with veterans. That’s what it’s about. I give 100% so I can at least honor and respect what they’ve put on the line for me,” she said.
The legion holds another special place in her heart. It’s where she met her husband Glenn, affectionately known as Shoe. “Even I call him that,” she says with a smile. “I love the fact that I met my husband here.”
They were married in 2013, and have a fur baby dachshund who rules the roost.
The couple also share a passion for motorcycles.
When the weather warms, they take to the roads, joining other post members for memorial rides and also heading out with the Steel Horse Knights, a riders group that supports area charities. Schumann said she loves the sense of freedom when riding with her husband.
“There’s not a care. I don’t worry about anything when I’m on the back, just being on the open road,” she said.
